Monotongação de ditongos nasais finais átonos em Maceió/AL.

Nasal diphthongs in unstressed final syllable are subject to reduction. A word like "jovem" can be pronounced as [...], [...], [...] or [...]. Based on variationist sociolinguistics, we are analyzing the monophthongization process of final unstressed nasal diphthongs in the city of Maceió / AL. To that aim, spontaneous speech data from 36 participants were analyzed stratified according to gender, age and education. All data were subjected to acoustic analysis. For statistical analysis, we used multilevel regression model, with individuals as more aggregate level. We conclude that there is interaction between social variables such as gender, age and education. Among men, the monophthongization is directly proportional to age; among women, the middle age group performs more the process. In this latter age range, education is not significant. In the other age groups, the less educated, the process is more observed. Regarding linguistic variables, it is concluded that the monophthongization is directly proportional to the size of the word and that the process is more frequent in the diphthong [...]. The process is inhibited in the final statements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]